Young People

Shutting the Bathroom Door: Parents, Young Teenagers and the Negotiation of Bodily Boundaries at Home

by Ruth Lewis

Published in: Holt, L. (Ed.) (2010) Geographies of Children, Youth and Families: An International Perspective, London: Routledge

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415563840/

This chapter explores the negotiation of bodily boundaries between young teenagers and their parents at home. As many... more This chapter explores the negotiation of bodily boundaries between young teenagers and their parents at home. As many young people report feeling awkward about their physical development during puberty, it is perhaps unsurprising that they tend to become increasingly private about their time in the bathroom. While privacy has been a central theme in a range of work exploring the micro-geographies of domestic space (Allan and Crow, 1989; Sibley and Lowe, 1992; Madigan and Munro, 1999; Gurney, 2000a, 2000b; Mallett, 2004; Robinson et al, 2004), the socio-spatial dimensions of intergenerational interactions concerning the bathroom appear to have received minimal attention within the literature. Despite its relative marginalisation in analyses of home, I contend that the largely tacit negotiations over young people’s solitary time in the bathroom are key to the management of pubertal bodies within families. As such, this chapter contributes to a growing body of work which explores the construction of affective boundaries within families (Halley, 2007; Gabb, 2008). Furthermore, by highlighting the significance of parent-child bathroom negotiations within accounts of ‘growing up’, this chapter responds to calls for greater documentation of young people’s self-definitions and their own views on the transition from childhood into teenage years (Valentine, 2003; Weller, 2006).

Jones, T. and Hillier, L. (2012). Sexuality education school policy for Australian GLBTIQ students. Sex Education, ifirst http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14681811.2012.677211 Accessed 10.05.12.

by Tiffany Jones

Education is state-run in Australia, and within each of the eight states and territories there are both government and... more Education is state-run in Australia, and within each of the eight states and territories there are both government and independent schooling systems. This paper details the position of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (GLBTIQ) students within Australian education policy documents nationally, focusing on the three largest states and educational sectors in Australia. Survey data are used to report on the schooling experiences of over 3000 Australian GLBTIQ young people aged 14–21 years. Data from interviews with key policy informants identify both the obstacles to implementing policies, and how such obstacles have been overcome. Much official policy sees sexuality education as promoting inclusive, protective and affirming messages around GLBTIQ students. There exist significant correlations between policy and a variety of well-being and psycho-social outcomes for GLBTIQ students, including lowered incidence of homophobic abuse and suicide, and the creation of supportive school environments. Ideal policy visions are outlined, along with practical recommendations of relevance to a variety of stakeholders.

Emerging healthcare issues and needs of young MSM & TG in India: needs assessment from multi-stakeholders perspective

by Maheswar Satpathy

Uncloseting Discrimination Consultation Report

by Senthorun Raj

NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (March 2012)

The Uncloseting Discrimination Consultation Report examines the intersections of discrimination in LGBTI communities... more The Uncloseting Discrimination Consultation Report examines the intersections of discrimination in LGBTI communities and identifies opportunities for further legal and policy reform.

Teenage sexuality in the media

by Susan Batchelor

Involving local people in local development initiatives

by Suman Chowdhury Mony

People especially youths of a country can play a vital role for development of their country. However, Government of... more People especially youths of a country can play a vital role for development of their country. However, Government of those countries has no sufficient money for do the development work in every sector and every area at a time, than people of those countries can take initiatives for some small types development activities. For that, peoples should be united at first and than take decision what should be done.

'Hug me, I'm a Tory': Young Conservatives’ reflections on the image of the Conservative Party in Scotland.

by Antje Bednarek

Scottish Affairs No. 74, Winter 2011, pp. 101-115

This paper identifies the three aspects of the stigma connected with being Conservative in Scotland as being English,... more This paper identifies the three aspects of the stigma connected with being Conservative in Scotland as being English, privileged and a supporter of Thatcherism, and shows how Party members try to overcome the image problems that arise from their affiliation with the Conservative Party.

Image corporelle et estime de soi : une étude auprès de lycéens français

by Lionel Dany

Young people and political participation: An analysis of European Union policies

by Rachel Brooks

Full reference: Brooks, R. (2008) Young people and political participation: An analysis of European Union policies, Sociological Research Online 14 (1)

“Young Citizens and the News"

by Cynthia Carter

co- authored by Mendes, K., Carter, C., and Messenger Davies, M. (2009) “Young Citizens and the News,” in Allan, S. (ed), Routledge Companion to News and Journalism Studies, London: Routledge.

Creating better stories: Alcohol and gender in transitions to adulthood

by Pete Seaman

A doubling of alcohol related deaths in the last 15 years (ISD Scotland, 2011) indicates that action is required to... more A doubling of alcohol related deaths in the last 15 years (ISD Scotland, 2011) indicates that action is required to reduce levels of alcohol consumption. A strong and pioneering set of polices have been laid out in the Scottish Government’s strategic document for tackling alcohol related harm; Changing Scotland’s Relationship with Alcohol. Although the evidence for the effectiveness of price and availability controls is strong at a population level, how these approaches will play-out across subgroups of the population is less well understood. Cutting beneath a national cultural relationship with alcohol are subgroup experiences where the role of alcohol is differentiated by class, gender, ethnicity and age cohort. In this report, we explore how a key population group, young adults, understand their relationship to alcohol and what influences their choices and behaviours.Further, we maintain a keen focus on a key factor which differentiates the experience of young adulthood – gender.

Music Experience and Behaviour in Young People

by Dennis Collopy

Structural unemployment and structural change in Poland

by Francesco Pastore

Co-autherd with Andrew T. Newell.
Studi Economici, 54(69/3): 81-99.

This paper looks at regional unemployment inequality using individual-level data. We find that higher unemployment... more This paper looks at regional unemployment inequality using individual-level data. We find that higher unemployment regions are those with higher inflow rates to unemployment rather than higher durations of unemployment. This indicates that high unemployment is related to high rates of destruction of job-worker matches in Poland. Econometric analysis of the probability of flowing into unemployment from a job reinforces this impression, showing how middle-aged workers in particular and also those in manufacturing are much more likely to enter unemployment if they live in high unemployment counties. These results are evidence against theories of regional unemployment, which work through variations in the rate of job-finding.

The Youth Participation in the Labour Market in Germany, Spain and Sweden

by Francesco Pastore

Co-authored with Floro Ernesto Caroleo.
In T. Hammer (ed.), Youth Unemployment and Social Exclusion in Europe, The Policy Press, Bristol, Ch. 7: 115-141.

Youths' career aspirations and socio-economic outcomes in adulthood.

by Scott Yates

Young Voices - An Applied Theatre Method Aiming to Bridge the Gap Between Youth and Adults

by yiota demetriou

Thesis for MA by Research at SANM - University of Hull, 2010-2011

This dissertation focuses on an applied theatre project, Young Voices that has attempted to develop a method, which... more This dissertation focuses on an applied theatre project, Young Voices that has attempted to develop a method, which inquires how performance forms can facilitate youth inclusion. Issues related to young people have been discussed extensively throughout time and within many disciplines. Stanley Cohen (1972), J.J Arnett (1999), Sharon Nichols and Thomas Good (2004) and Monica Barry (2005), have examined the ‘anxieties’ that are often associated with the perceived image of young people in society and how these may often lead to their social exclusion. This method is to be used by youth workers with their role as ‘intercessors’ between young people and the adults that surround them (i.e. their parents, guardians, teachers); it adopts Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) ethos, uses elements of his Forum Theatre (FT) workshop techniques and the theory/technique of verbatim theatre. The project’s research process is in the form of applied and verbatim theatre workshops; performance presentation and a performance lecture addressed to youth workers. The method looks at increasing and facilitating communication between various isolated adolescent groups through applied theatre using various ‘Boalian’ workshop techniques and FT to identify the participants ‘oppressions’. It intends at facilitating communication through applied theatre and verbatim theatre between youth and youth workers, by capturing the participants ‘oppressions’ and presenting them to an audience of their peers and youth workers. And it aims at facilitating communication through the combination of applied theatre and verbatim theatre with the attempt of beginning to bridge the gap amongst young people and the adults around them, through a recommended step by suggesting the involvement of the participant’s surrounding adults. The Young Voices method has been developed from the collaboration of several youth groups from around Scarborough and its district. The complete process attempts to assist teenagers in discussing their concerns from their own perspectives towards empowering them and raising awareness about how their opinions should be required for matters that concern them.

It taks more than good intentions: Institutional and attitudinal impediments to engaging young people in participatory planning

by Peter Edwards

Co-authored with Deanna Grant-Smith
Published in the Journal of Public Deliberation

Little Boxes: Changing perceptions and including young people in socially sustainable participatory planning

by Peter Edwards

Co-authored with Deanna Grant-Smith
Published in the Proceedings of the World Planning Schools Congress, Perth, July 2011

Making sense of mental illness: the importance of inclusive dialogue

by Emma Lindley

The transitions to adulthood of young people with multiple disadvantages

by Jane Parry

Parry, J. (2006) ‘The Transitions to Adulthood of Multiply-Deprived Young People’, in C. Leccardi and E.Ruspini (eds.) A New Youth? Young People, Generations and Family Life, Aldershot: Ashgate.

This chapter examines the implications of these issues for young people’s expectations and self-perceptions, with... more This chapter examines the implications of these issues for young people’s expectations and self-perceptions, with reference to a group of multiply disadvantaged young people in the UK. It draws upon qualitative research with disadvantaged young people at a stage in their lives (post-compulsory education) when they were expecting to have to made significant transitions from school to work, into their own housing, and in terms of personal relationships and family formation (Lakey et al., 2001). Semi-structured biographical interviews were employed, using a detailed topic guide. While this provided a comparable context for the research, tracking young people’s progress through key transitions (Thomson et al., 2004), the format of the interviews varied, with interviewers employing probes and prompts to ensure that the research process reflected and explored the diverse and individual circumstances of young people’s lives.